The Center for Advocacy for the Rights and Interests of the Elderly (CARIE) is a non-profit organization, based in Philadelphia, that has been dedicated to improving the quality of life for vulnerable older people for over 32 years.
CARIE fulfills its core mission to improve the well being, rights and autonomy of older persons through advocacy, education, and action through a "case to cause" model of advocacy that serves to promote equal access to justice and addresses problems and issues on both the individual and the systemic levels.
News & Events
CARIE Sponsors OAA Reauthorization Roundtable
CARIE's Dorothy S. Washburn Legislative Committee is sponsoring an Older Americans Act Reauthorization Roundtable on June 9, 2010 from 9:30 ... Read More »
CARIE Seeks Informal Caregivers for Interviews
CARIE is seeking participants in southeastern Pennsylvania for a research project documenting the experience of informal caregivers of older adults ... Read More »
Pennsylvania Medicare Beneficiaries Settle Lawsuit to Help Pay Premiums
Community Legal Services (CLS) of Philadelphia and the Center for Medicare Advocacy filed a lawsuit to help low-income Medicare beneficiaries in ... Read More »
CARIE Receives Grant to Serve Older Victims of Domestic Violence
CARIE and the SeniorLaw Center have been awarded $200,000 from the Pennsylvania Commission on Crime and Delinquency to respond to ... Read More »
